sequestered
Kept from others
Sequestered means isolated or set apart from others.
A sequestered cabin in the woods sits removed from civilization.
A sequestered jury is kept apart to prevent outside influence on deliberations.
In legal contexts, sequestered assets are held by a court pending resolution of a dispute.
The word suggests deliberate separation, whether for protection, privacy, or preservation.
Set apart, private
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- remoteDistant or controller
hidden · reclusive · quarantined · cut-off · insulated · detached · hermitic · marooned
Carefully thinking before deciding
- impaneledEnrolled on jury roster
- isolatedSeparated from others
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- confinedKept within bounds
removed · separated · instructed · sworn · selected · housed · guarded · monitored
Seized by legal authority
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- confiscatedSeized by authority
- appropriatedTook for one's use
- attachedJoined to another thing
garnished · withheld · frozen · commandeered · expropriated · embargoed · forfeited · repossessed
secluded
Set apart, private
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
remote · hidden · reclusive · quarantined · cut-off · insulated · detached · hermitic · marooned · inaccessible
deliberating
Carefully thinking before deciding
- impaneledEnrolled on jury roster
- isolatedSeparated from others
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
confined · removed · separated · instructed · sworn · selected · housed · guarded · monitored · restricted
impounded
Seized by legal authority
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- confiscatedSeized by authority
- appropriatedTook for one's use
attached · garnished · withheld · frozen · commandeered · expropriated · embargoed · forfeited · repossessed · levied
- remote placesremote, distant, far, faraway, afar
- jury statusseated, empaneled, selected, dismissed, excused
- Papal Conclaveconclave, papal conclave, papal election, white smoke, black smoke
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- Privateprivate, confidential, secret, personal, hidden
- solitudesolitude, alone, isolation, aloneness, seclusion
sequesteredintegrated
Combined into a whole
mingling · included · assimilated · embedded · immersed
sequesteredpublic
Available to all
open · accessible · exposed · available · unrestricted
sequesteredbusy
Actively occupied with tasks
frequented · bustling · crowded · populated · trafficked
- sequestered juryIsolated courtroom decision-makers